- Ian Tyson
Infobox musical artist |
Name = Ian Tyson
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ian Dawson Tyson
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Born = birth date and age|1933|09|25
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Origin = flagicon|CanadaVictoria, British Columbia
Instruments =Guitar
Genre = Country/Folk
Occupation =singer/songwriter
Years_active = 1959 – Present
Label =Stony Plain Records
Associated_acts =Ian and Sylvia Sylvia Tyson
Great Speckled Bird
URL = [http://www.iantyson.com/ www.iantyson.com]
Current_members =
Past_members =Ian (Dawson) Tyson. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, rancher, b Victoria, BC, 25 Sep 1933; honorary D LITT (Athabaska) 1993, honorary LLD (Calgary) 2001. A rodeo rider in his teens and early 20s, he took up the guitar while recovering from injuries sustained in a fall. He made his debut at the Heidelberg Café in Vancouver in 1956 and played with a rock 'n' roll band, the Sensational Stripes. After graduating from the Vancouver School of Art in 1958, Tyson moved to Toronto, where he worked as a commercial artist. There he performed in local clubs and in 1959 began to sing on occasion with Sylvia Fricker.By early 1959 Tyson and Fricker were performing part-time at the Village Corner under the name Ian and Sylvia. The pair became a full-time musical act in 1961 and married four years later. In 1969 they started performing as
The Great Speckled Bird Tyson accentuated the cowboy way and the western life through song. Residing in southern Alberta, Tyson tours all over the west. He was inducted into theCanadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.In 2005, CBC Radio One listeners chose his song "
Four Strong Winds " as the greatest Canadian song of all time on the series '. There was strong momentum for him to be nominated the Greatest Canadian, but he fell short. He has been a strong influence on many Canadian artists, includingNeil Young , who recorded "Four Strong Winds" for "Comes a Time " (1978).Johnny Cash would also record that same song for ' (2006), and Judy Collins recorded a popular version of "Someday Soon".A tribute CD to Ian Tyson, 'The Gift' was released in 2007 on
Stony Plain Records featuring 'Someday Soon' done by Doug Andrew with Buddy Cage on pedal steel guitar (Buddy played in Great Speckled Bird), 'Four Strong Winds' recorded by Blue Rodeo, plus another 13 of Tyson's best known songs done by major folk and country artists.He has a son, Clay, himself a performer, from his marriage to
Sylvia Fricker Tyson .In
Paul Brandt 's song 'Alberta Bound', he makes a reference to Ian Tyson singing a lonesome lullaby.ingles
External links
* [http://www.iantyson.com/ Official Website]
*http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:yyd9kent7q7b~T1References
[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003507 Encyclopedia of Canadian Musicians]
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